North want to sell a home game to the Dockers or Eagles

[WestCoast05]

Every other club gets things to swing it in their favour. SA gets gather round, Vic gets 10 teams in their state so they barely travel, NSW and QLD get their bs academies, etc.
WA is the state with nothing.

Yes its not ideal that it has to be done this way, but thats more on the AFL refusing to do anything for so long, the clubs have to take it into their own hands to find something.
This is just whats come out of it all.

If the AFL wont remove the existing inequities in the comp then more need to be added to even it up somewhat

Ok but even still it shouldn't fall solely upon one club in North to have to facilitate it, that's just messed up.

 

[AstonSouffle]

Why not? If you opt to sell games this shouldn't impact your away game roster.

Bleh, so this could mean theoretically Freo could play North at Optus twice next season? Albeit one of them being an 'away' game.

Surely the AFL isn't that crazy aha, then again they always find weird and wonderful ways to surprise us

 

[stallon]

Ok but even still it shouldn't fall solely upon one club in North to have to facilitate it, that's just messed up.

Thats literally what I said, the AFL refuse to do anything that might upset the big vic clubs so here we are

 

[AstonSouffle]

West Coast were established and had a big following in Bunbury and most countries area before Freo existed.

Freo is just another part of Perth - no direct correlation to any country area. Even the whole "north/ south" thing - I would argue outside of Freo itself, WC have a bigger following in most southern suburbs.

Recall they did a survey once and the suburbs that popped up with the highest percentage of their membership base was Dianella for West Coast, and Canning Vale for Freo. Which loosely is North/South I guess

 

[BloodRet]

Absolute basket case

 

[hawkman]

Ridiculous unfair advantage to West Coast and Fremantle.

Clear #wabias

 

[mightymouse75]

Clear #wabias

Next thing they will be holding the grand final outside of Melbourne

 

[Chip Scab1]

Absolute basket case

3 flags in 100 years (soon to be 2), all the handouts to keep you afloat, and for what? I agree. Not as if Bob Pratt is coming any time soon. Sydney are a s**tstain on a grand Victorian Competition. You add nothing, take plenty and have had two great players, in history. 2. Bob Skilton and Jamie Lawson. Plugger doesn't count, he was StKilda's greatest ever, not yours. On a list of your greatest ever players, I found Mellican.. That's where you're at. Parker is a North player and Mellican one your greatest according to google, alongside Rod, Bernard the two Frenchman, Florent and Heriot. Scrubber Kelly, Mark Bayes, Nick Smith and Freo's Chadwick Warner. What's it like being further away from the ultimate than North and with peasant lucky Premiership player (carried due to Carlton's shitness) Longmire as coach! Enjoy.

We'll take your cash but that's it. You have embarrassed yourself too many times when it counts, let's hope we don't have to see you for 15-20 years, sweet Caroline!

 

[TheEscapeClub]

I wonder if this will affect them retaining their young guns?

I've been saying all this season that in 2.or 3 years North will be strong if they can keep their core of this crop of young players.

If I was one of them I'd be speaking to my manager.

What a ****ing terrible idea.

 

[boncer34]

3 flags in 100 years (soon to be 2), all the handouts to keep you afloat, and for what? I agree. Not as if Bob Pratt is coming any time soon. Sydney are a s**tstain on a grand Victorian Competition. You add nothing, take plenty and have had two great players, in history. 2. Bob Skilton and Jamie Lawson. Plugger doesn't count, he was StKilda's greatest ever, not yours. On a list of your greatest ever players, I found Mellican.. That's where you're at. Parker is a North player and Mellican one your greatest according to google, alongside Rod, Bernard the two Frenchman, Florent and Heriot. Scrubber Kelly, Mark Bayes, Nick Smith and Freo's Chadwick Warner. What's it like being further away from the ultimate than North and with peasant lucky Premiership player (carried due to Carlton's shitness) Longmire as coach! Enjoy.

We'll take your cash but that's it. You have embarrassed yourself too many times when it counts, let's hope we don't have to see you for 15-20 years, sweet Caroline!

What a meltdown.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Why not sell it to Geelong? Cats get 11 games at GMHBA, reserve 10000 seats for North fans so there is a bit of atmosphere

The Dogs actually wanted to play in Geelong pre Ballarat but the AFL said no. Geelong and Dogs had a deal worked out that 20k was around a mill i Think. 10-14k was still more than Docklands.

 

[CrowToon]

Absolutely pathetic desperation from a pathetic club

 

[The King!]

Why are they in the league

 

[sexyhunk]

3 flags in 100 years (soon to be 2), all the handouts to keep you afloat, and for what? I agree. Not as if Bob Pratt is coming any time soon. Sydney are a s**tstain on a grand Victorian Competition. You add nothing, take plenty and have had two great players, in history. 2. Bob Skilton and Jamie Lawson. Plugger doesn't count, he was StKilda's greatest ever, not yours. On a list of your greatest ever players, I found Mellican.. That's where you're at. Parker is a North player and Mellican one your greatest according to google, alongside Rod, Bernard the two Frenchman, Florent and Heriot. Scrubber Kelly, Mark Bayes, Nick Smith and Freo's Chadwick Warner. What's it like being further away from the ultimate than North and with peasant lucky Premiership player (carried due to Carlton's shitness) Longmire as coach! Enjoy.

We'll take your cash but that's it. You have embarrassed yourself too many times when it counts, let's hope we don't have to see you for 15-20 years, sweet Caroline!

wow, epic.